MUCH HAS CHANGED SINCE

1932 …... yet our commitment to serving

customers with innovative, high-quality,

versatile tools remains as strong as ever.

Back in 1932 Albert J. Dremel didn’t just start a company with

that fi rst electric razor blade sharpener. He started a tradition of

producing ingenious tools that meet customers’ evolving needs.

Inside you’ll fi nd a timeline that gives a big-picture idea of

how Dremel® products have evolved to keep pace with the

changing world.

A.J. Dremel’s vision of helping professionals, homeowners,

craftspeople and artists alike lives on through our year-long

75th Anniversary Celebration.

MUCH HAS CHANGED SINCE

A. J. Dremel launches Dremel Manufacturing Co.

First electric razor blade sharpener

President Franklin D. Roosevelt urges adoption of a 5-day workweek, thereby setting Saturday up as America’s favorite day

Dremel® rotary tool was used …

… in the Allied victory in World War II

19451939 –

1948

A.J. Dremel introduces the then-radical idea of “profi t sharing,” gives employees 30% year-end bonuses

Bell Telephone Laboratories announces the invention of the electric transistor

1 million homes have television

1957Dremel® Moto-Shop Jig Saw introduced

Soviet Union launches Sputnik I and II, touchingoff the space race

First round-the-world nonstop jet fl ight

1964Dremel® Electric Engraver introduced

President Lyndon Johnson signs Medicare Act

Beatles fi rst appear on The Ed Sullivan Show 1990

Dremel® Heavy-Duty Flex-Shaft Tool launched

A year after the Berlin Wall falls, historic democratic reforms spread across Europe and East and West Germany unite

In South Africa, Nelson Mandela freed after 27 years in prison

Hubble Space Telescope launched

1958

Dremel® Electric Shoe Polisher introduced

Mass-circulation credit cards appear in America.

1995Dremel® MultiPro added to lineup

Announcement of a standardized Digital Versatile Disc (also known as Digital Video Disc) format signals the dawn of the DVD age

Dremel® 300 Series introduced; dremel.com relaunched

Lance Armstrong wins the Tour de France for a record 7th time

Condoleezza Rice becomes the fi rst African-American woman to hold the offi ce of Secretary of State

2005

2007

Dremel® celebrates 75 years of trust and quality

Dremel® Stylus introduced

The United States population reaches 300 million based on a United States Census Bureau projection

2006

Dremel® Electric Fish Scaler hits the market

The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution limiting presidents to two terms is ratifi ed

1951

1932

Dremel® markets the Moto-Tool, the fi rst rotary tool

Nylon invented

Congress approves Social Security Act

1935

1940

Moto-Saw introduced

African-American surgeon Dr. Charles Drew opens America’s fi rst blood bank, but segregation laws prevent him from donating his own blood

Winston Churchill becomes Britain’s prime minister

Freewheeler, fi rst cordless rotary tool, hits the market

Dustin Hoffman wins Academy Award for Rain Man

Compact discs outsell vinyl records for the fi rst time

1988

2001

Dremel® Advantage High-Speed Rotary Saw introduced

George W. Bush becomes the 43rd president of the United States

Dremel® 10.8-Volt Lithium-Ion introduced

Dremel® fi rst to introduce Lithium-Ion technology into the North American power tool market

The Human Genome Project is completed with the successful sequencing of the 3 billion chemical base pairs that make up human DNA

2003Dremel® 400 Series XPR launched

NASA’s Mars Rover Opportunity discovers evidence that there was once water on Mars

2004

FOR 75 YEARSDremel® products have progressed with the world,

helping millions of people continue to experience

rewarding hands-on projects.

FOR 75 YEARS